NORMAN HAINES Den Of Iniquity UK PROG PSYCH NM ORIGINAL

	£		597
	$		791

THE NORMAN HAINES BAND

DEN OF INIQUITY

PARLOPHONE PCS 7130 (UK) 1971

original black, silver and white Parlophone labels

matrix numbers : YEX 841 - 1 and YEX 842 - 1

RAREST UK MAJOR LABEL PROGRESSIVE LP

ORIGINAL LP IN VERY NEAR MINT CONDITION - ONE OF THE ‘HOLY GRAIL’ RARITIES FOR COLLECTORS OF BRITISH PROGRESSIVE RECORDS - CERTAINLY THE RAREST ON PARLOPHONE AND ARGUABLY ANY OTHER MAJOR LABEL (RARER, FOR EXAMPLE, THAN LEAF HOUND ‘GROWERS OF MUSHROOM ’ ON DECCA) - A MANIC ORGY OF GUITAR AND KEYBOARD EXCESS

RECORD : VERY NEAR MINT

THE RECORD IS SO CLOSE TO TOTALLY MINT AND LOOKS TO BE RARELY, IF EVER, PLAYED - NOT EVEN ANY SURFACE HAIRLINES! - PLAYS MINT AND AS-NEW THROUGHOUT

LABELS : MINT

BOTH LABELS ARE PERFECT WITH NO SPINDLE WEAR WHATSOEVER!

COVER : VERY NEAR MINT

SUPERBLY GROTESQUE TEXTURED SLEEVE, WITH TYPICALLY PRIMITIVE AND ‘FLIPBACK’ FLAPS TO THREE SIDES OF THE REAR COVER (AMAZINGLY, STILL SEEN IN 1971 ON MANY PARLOPHONE ALBUM RELEASES) - ONLY SLIGHTLY BELOW TOTALLY MINT WITH JUST THE TINIEST OF BUMPS TO THE CORNERS AND SOME COMPLETELY INSIGNIFICANT MINOR CREASES - SPINE IS CRISP, CLEAR, SHARP AND PERFECT, AS ARE THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAMS - FRONT AND REAR OPENING EDGES COMPLETELY STRAIGHT AND UNFEATHERED

once again, I should point out that eBay picture services do not faithfully reproduce strong red or orange colours - please be assured that the bright red title lettering is, in fact, NOT patchy, blotchy or uneven - it is perfectly bright and sharp!

INNER BAG : VERY NEAR MINT

THE CORRECT AND ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL 1971 PARLOPHONE INNER BAG IS IN CLEAN, BRIGHT AND CREAMY WHITE NEAR MINT CONDITION, ADVERTISING THE BEATLES ‘SGT. PEPPER’S ’, ‘ABBEY ROAD ’, THE ‘LET IT BE ’ BOXED SET AND A NUMBER OF OTHER POPULAR LP ISSUES OF THE DAY

VIRTUALLY EXTINCT MAJOR LEAGUE PIECE : NO RESERVE

TRULY WORTHY OF ITS ‘MONSTER’ STATUS - FEW COLLECTORS ARE AWARE THAT THE EX LOCOMOTIVE MAINMAN NORMAN HAINES VERY NEARLY JOINED FELLOW BRUMMIES BLACK SABBATH IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE RECORDING OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM - NORMAN’S FINE COMPOSITION ‘WHEN I CAME DOWN ’ WAS, IN FACT, INITIALLY WRITTEN WITH THE INTENTION OF INCLUDING THE TRACK ON SABBATH’S 1970 VERTIGO DEBUT! - INDEED, THE NORMAN HAINES BAND’S ‘DEN OF INIQUITY ’ LP STEMS FROM THE SAME BIRMINGHAM MANAGEMENT (JIM SIMPSON OF BIG BEAR ARTISTS) AND PRODUCTION (TONY HALL ENTERPRISES) TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING AND FOSTERING BLACK SABBATH IN THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS

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